After dinner at Sunnin, we all headed back to Westwood and reconvened at my apartment for wine and dessert. On Friday night I had prepared two types of cookie dough: lemon sables (Amanda Hesser's recipe, which another blogger has written about
here) and oatmeal cookies (a tried-and-true recipe from Andrew). I went ahead and baked the lemon sables on Friday, given that their flavor apparently improves after a couple days. Although Meyer lemons would certainly have been better, regular lemons worked well enough; I added an undefined amount of extra lemon zest to compensate.
No pictures of the oatmeal cookies, sadly. Those were baked during the gathering on Saturday night, since I think they're particularly good when warm. All in all, I couldn't have asked for a better way to celebrate Carmageddon than with cookies, wine, music, and new friends.
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Notes for next time: As of Monday July 18, I can confirm that the sables do indeed improve after a couple days. I suppose planning ahead would help ensure that these cookies are served at their best.
